Mehdi Firouzi supervises the psychosocial teams in Syria. He explains to us the benefits of Psychological First Aid after a tragedy like the 6-February earthquake.
Rema is a something of a miracle. From her room in one of HI’s 13 partner hospitals in the area of Jindires, northwest Syria, she tells us what happened to her.
Risk education specialist Musab explains the situation about remnants of bombs, and improvised explosives after the 6-February earthquake.
Emilie was 6 years old when she lost her foot in a landmine explosion in Cambodia. She was one of the very first people to be fitted with a prosthesis by HI in its early days.
Anis manages a HI 22-member team of physiotherapists and psychosocial support experts in North Syria. He describes the response provided by HI:
HI’ global land release technical operations manager, Gary Toombs explains how “the 6-February seism has significantly aggravated an already desperate situation”.
Elyas (Not his real name) is member of HI team in northwest Syria. He and his family have experienced the earthquake. They are safe but still under shock.
Sami (not his real name) manages a rehabilitation team in an hospital the Idlib region. He describes the dramatic situation after the earthquake.
Amir is the director of an orthopaedic and reconstruction HI partner hospital in Idlib, Syria, near the Turkish border. They received 680 injured people in 3 days.
Myriam Abord-Hugon, HI's program director in Syria, explains the situation and HI's actions.
Sharif (not his real name) is a surgeon from a HI partner hospital in northern Syria near the Turkish border. He recounts what he has seen following the February 6 earthquake.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Turkey and Syria on the night of February 6th 2023. Already present in the region, HI launches an intervention to help the survivors.
Mariam is among the millions of Syrians, victims of the war, who have fled their country to seek refuge in Jordan or Lebanon. HI is by her side.
A former deminer, Viktoria leads explosive ordnance education sessions in Ukraine. She explains Humanity & Inclusion's approach to protecting children, who are more exposed than adults.
Ambika Sharma has been working as a Prosthetist and Orthotist for more than 10 years. We recently sat down with Ambika to see what life is like as a P&O in Nepal.
